Apron



Oct. 31, 1933. F. ROULEAU 1,933,185

APRON Filed March 21, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 31, 1933. F. 1.. ROULEAU 1,933,185

APRON Filed March 21, 1932' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 c c. 13 Z fill/temp Patented Oct. 31, 1933 UNITED STATES APRON Flora L. Rouleau, Oakland, Calif. Application March 21, 1932. Serial N0. 600,252

4 Claims.

The object of this invention is to provide an apron which in one size may be worn by stout as well as slender persons and will readily conform to the figure so as to fit neatly and present an attractive appearance. The invention also has for its object the provision of supporting means which will avoid the. necessity of slipping the apron over the head of the wearer and will retain the apron upon the body of the wearer and which may be readily adjusted to obtain a reasonably snug fit and prevent the apron dropping from the figure under all conditions. Other objects of the invention will appear incidentally in the course of the following description, and

Fig. 5 is a detail section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail perspective view showing a clasp which may be employed,

Fig. '7 is a detail view of the apron-engaging hook which, is provided at the center of the supporting strap, a

Fig. 8 is a similar view of the hook which is provided at the'end of the supporting strap,

Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail section on the line,

9 -9 of Figure 8,

Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of one end of the supporting strap.

The apron may be constructed of any material and is preferably a square, indicated at 1, obtained by cutting a square decorative table cloth into quarters, each quarter forming one apron. As illustrated in the drawings, the sheet of material or apron is applied to the figure by being suspended with one corner at the throat portion of the wearer, as shown most clearly in Fig. 1. When the apron is suspended at one corner, diagonally opposite corners will, of course, be located at the sides of the apron and these corners may be conveniently formed into pockets by being rolled or folded over onto the face of the apron and then stitched along their lower edges, as shown at 2, the upper edges of the folded portion being left free so as to form the open top of a pocket 3, as willbe understood upon reference to Fig. 5. In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, an eyelet 4 isfastened inthe apron at the upper cornerv of the same and similar eyelets are secured adjacent the upper edges of the apron at points 00 between the upper corner and the pockets, as indicated at 5. A supporting strap 6 of any suitable 'material is provided and is folded ata point midway its ends, as shown in Figs. 1" and 7, and at the fold is secured a hook 7 whichis adapted to engage in the eyelet-4 at the upper corner of the apron. Similar: hooks 8 are attached'to the .ends of the supporting strap and are adapted to engage-in the respective eyelets 5, as shown and as will be understood.

The hooks are -fastened to the middle fold and to the ends of the strap by'twin rivets .or pins 9 inserted through the ends of a the respective hooks and through the strap, the pins or rivets being carried by a reinforcing metal band 10 of light sheet metal'which overlies the attaching eyes of the hook, as shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9. To further-reinforce the support for the end hooks, the end of the strap is: rolled or folded upon itself, as shown at 11in Fig. 10, to present threeormore plies ofthe materital against which the base or eyes of the hook are placed. The'plate. 10 is then set over the eyes of the hook with'the pinspassing through the eyes and the plies of thestrap, and the'pins are upset or clinched atthe back of the strap. Thehook is thus very firmly'secured so that it cannot be easily detachedfrom the strap and the plate forms a stop sothat a slidable fastener v on the strap cannot slip therefrom.

It will be noted, upon reference to the drawings, that, when the strap is engaged with the apron, itpresents two loops through which'the arms of the wearermay be inserted so that the portions of the strap at opposite sides of its center, that is to say the two loops, will pass over the respective shoulders of the wearer to suspend the apron thereon and it will not be, necessary to pass the apron or any part over the wearer's head. At intervals in the length of one 1 loop or branch :of the supporting strap, eyelets 12 are secured thereto and upon the other loop or branch of thelstrap is mounted a clasp 13 which isadapted to engage any one of these eyelets and thereby cause the apron to fit closegaged with any one ofthe eyelets 12, as will be no PATENT understood. Should the wearer have a slender figure, the clasp will be engaged with one of the lower eyelets 1-2 and will thereby draw the sides of the apron closely to the wearers body and obviously the clasp will be adjusted to enclose together at the back of the neck, as shown" in Fig. 3, thereby preventing the loopsslipping from the wearer's shoulders.

In Fig. 4 is shown a slight modification in which the apron body 16 is formed from a square of material but the upper corner is cut off and the edge is given a slight curve, as shown at 17,.while the upper side edges of the apron body arealso slightlycurved, as indicated at 18, thereby avoiding excessive width below the neck portionof the apron. This outline will conform to many designs in the cloth better than the pointed bib shown in Fig. 1. In the formshown inFig. 4, the pockets 19 are deeper than the pockets shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 but are formed insubstantially the same manner, the pockets in the first described form being defined by folding the corners of the apron body so that the overlapped-edges will lie at right angles to the edges of the body while, in the form shown in Fig. 4, the corner portions are so folded thatthe inner edges will approach more closely to vertical lines. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the supporting strap is divided so that an independent loop is provided for each shoulder and the ends of the loops are permanently attached to thebody of theapron by stitching or otherwise, the loops being indicated-by the numerals 20.

In all forms of the invention a very simple, light and attractive apron isprovided. It may .be very easily donned and doffed and, whenin position upon a wearer, will very eifeotually protect the dress or other outer garment. The apron may be'easily. adjusted to conform to the wearer's figure, without any change in the construction of any of the parts and may be produced at a cost within the means. of anyone, the mere act, of fastening the loops together effecting the desired adjustment. The apron will be furnished inrneasurements corresponding to the average figure so that fastening the straps at a single point will cause the apron to fit snugly to the waistand shoulders. The loops serve all the functionsusually served by neck bands and waist bandsand render both bands It will be understood, of course, that the particular form of clasp or fastening employed is immaterial and any readily manipulated fastenings may be used, the clasp shown and described being illustrative only.

Havingthus described the invention, I claim,

1. An apron comprising a sheet of material having its upper side edges diverging downwardly, supporting loops attached to the upper side edges of the body and to the upper end of the same, a plurality of fastening elements secured upon one supporting loop, a fastening element adjustably mounted upon the other supporting loop and selectively engageable in one of the "first-mentioned fastening elements, and other fastening elements secured in fixed position upon the respective supporting loops adjacent the top of the apron body-to secure the loops at a point adjacent the back of a wearers neck.

2. An apron comprising a sheet of material, coacting shoulder straps one of which has both its ends secured to one side of the sheet and the other strap both its ends secured to the other side of said sheet whereby the interme diate portions of the loops are normally separated to permit insertion of the arms through said loops at the front of the wearer, and interengaging fastening devices carried by the straps for securing said straps together at the back of the wearer.

SpAn apron comprising a sheet of material having its upper edges diverging downwardly, supporting loops one of which has both ends thereof secured to one side of the sheet and the other loop having both ends thereof secured to the other side of said sheet whereby the intermediate portions or" the loops are normally separated to permit insertion of the arms simultaneouslythrough both loops at the front of the wearer, a plurality of fastening elements secured upon one of the loops, and an adjustable fastening element mounted on the other loop and selectively engageable in the first mentioned fastening elements.

'1. An apron comprising a substantially square sheet, suspension loops at opposite sides of the vertical diagonal of the sheet, one of said loops having both its ends attached to the marginal portions of the sheet at one side of the diagonal of the sheet and the other loop having both its ends attached to the marginal portions of the sheetat the other side of the diagonal of said sheet wherebythe intermediate portions of the loops will be normally separated to permit insertion of the arms through both loops at the front of the wearer, and adjustable separable fastenerson the loops whereby the loops may be made to support the sheet on the wearer and adjust .it to the wearers figure.

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